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Stock-Based Compensation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation Stock-Based Compensation
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2023202220232022
Research and development$545 $2,863 $1,751 $5,151 
Sales and marketing2,509 1,561 4,413 4,454 
General and administrative11,590 9,007 19,028 81,705 
Total stock-based compensation expense$14,644 $13,431 $25,192 $91,310 
Equity Incentive Plans
Skillz Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan
In December 2020, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the Skillz Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”). The 2020 Plan became effective upon consummation of the Flying Eagle Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (“FEAC”) business combination and succeeds the Company’s legacy equity incentive plans. Under the 2020 Plan, the Company may grant stock-based awards to purchase or directly issue shares of common stock to employees, directors and consultants. Options are granted at a price per share equal to the fair market value of the underlying common stock at the date of grant. Options granted are exercisable over a maximum term of 10 years from the date of grant. RSUs are also granted under the 2020 Plan. These awards typically have a cliff vesting period of one year and continue to vest quarterly thereafter. The 2020 Plan also permits the Company to grant stock-based awards with performance or market conditions. In connection with the closing of the FEAC business combination, the Company entered into certain option agreements that include vesting conditions contingent upon the attainment of volume weighted average price targets related to the Company’s Class A common stock on the NYSE.
The 2020 Plan permits the Company to deliver up to 5,392,022 shares of common stock pursuant to awards issued under the 2020 Plan, consisting of 750,000 shares which may be of Class A and/or Class B common stock, 3,694,871 shares of Class A common stock and 947,151 shares of Class B common stock. The total number of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock that will be reserved and that may be issued under the 2020 Plan will automatically increase on the first trading day of each calendar year, beginning with calendar year 2021, by a number of shares equal to 5% of the total number of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, respectively, outstanding on the last day of the prior calendar year.
Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units
Stock option and RSU activity during the six months ended June 30, 2023 is as follows (in thousands, except for share, per share, and contractual term data):
Options OutstandingRestricted Stock Units
Number of
Shares
Available for
Issuance
Under the
Plan
Number of
Shares
Outstanding
Under the
Plan
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (Years)
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Number of Plan shares outstandingWeighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value per share
Balance at December 31, 20221,422,876 812,293 $263.00 7.27$1,145 2,505,328 $24.60 
Additional shares authorized1,053,433 — — 
Options and restricted stock units granted(488,880)— — 488,880 11.59 
Options exercised and restricted stock units released— (7,953)7.11 (93,442)65.78 
Options and restricted stock units canceled207,713 (7,852)29.91 (199,861)36.04 
Balance at June 30, 20232,195,142 796,488 $267.86 6.78$938 2,700,905 $20.03 
Exercisable at June 30, 2023190,912 5.63 4.63933 
Unvested at June 30, 2023605,564 350.53 7.45
The number of RSUs granted and outstanding does not include 1.0 million performance-based RSUs which the Company issued as of June 30, 2023, as the performance-based RSUs are not deemed granted for accounting purposes because the performance-based RSUs are subjected to the further approval on the performance criteria. Additionally, the stock option and RSU activity presented in the table above does not include activity related to the 2022 CFO Restricted Stock Unit and Performance award, 2022 CEO Restricted Stock Unit and Performance Award, 2021 CEO Performance Award and Founders' Option Agreements, described below.
As of June 30, 2023, unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options, restricted common stock, RSUs, performance-based RSUs and performance stock units was $81.6 million. The weighted-average period over which such compensation expense will be recognized is 2.7 years.
The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised was $0.02 million and $13.0 million during the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $0.04 million and $15.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2021,respectively.
2022 CFO Restricted Stock Unit and Performance Award
The Company granted the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) a restricted stock unit award covering shares of the Class A common stock with a grant date value equal to $15.0 million, comprised of 0.5 million restricted stock units. Such grant vests 25% on the first anniversary of CFO’s start date and the remainder vests in 12 substantially equal quarterly installments, in each case subject to continuous service with the Company through each applicable vesting date, provided that the grant vests in full if the CFO is terminated without cause following a change of control of the Company. On September 30, 2022, the number of shares became fixed, as such the restricted stock unit award was re-measured based on the fair value of an underlying share of the Class A common stock, which was equal to $10.7 million, and the Company then reclassified the liability classified award to additional paid-in capital. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company recognized $0.6 million and $1.3 million, respectively, in compensation expense related to this grant. As of June 30, 2023, the unrecognized stock-based compensation cost related to the non-vested CFO restricted stock unit award was $8.2 million. The Company expects this cost to be recognized over a remaining weighted-average period of approximately 3.25 years.
In addition, the Company issued to the CFO a performance stock unit award covering shares of the Class A common stock with a fair value of $5.0 million as of the issuance date, comprised of 0.2 million performance stock units. Such award vests over four one-year periods, with pro-rata vesting for the first and last performance periods, in each case subject to continuous service with the Company through each applicable vesting date and the attainment of certain corporate performance goals. The Company did not award any performance stock units for the year ended 2022. As of June 30, 2023, the award was not considered granted for accounting purposes because the performance-based units are subjected to the further approval on the performance criteria, the unrecognized stock-based compensation cost for this CFO performance stock unit award was $4.5 million.
2022 CEO Restricted Stock Unit and Performance Award
The Company granted the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) a restricted stock unit award covering shares of the Class A common stock with a grant date value equal to $25.9 million, comprised of 1.4 million restricted stock units. Such grant vests 25% on the first anniversary of January 1, 2023 and the remainder vests in 12 substantially equal quarterly installments, in each case subject to continuous service with the Company through each applicable vesting date, provided that the grant vests in full if the CEO is terminated without cause following a change of control of the Company. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company recognized $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively, in compensation expense related to this grant. As of June 30, 2023, the unrecognized stock-based compensation cost related to the non-vested CEO restricted stock unit award was $12.5 million. The Company expects this cost to be recognized over a remaining weighted-average period of approximately 3.49 years.
In addition, the Company issued to the CEO a performance stock unit award covering shares of the Class A common stock with a fair value of $8.6 million as of the issuance date, comprised of 0.5 million performance stock units. Such award vests over four one-year periods, in each case subject to continuous service with the Company through each applicable vesting date and the attainment of certain corporate performance goals. The Company did not award any performance stock units for the year ended 2022. As of June 30, 2023, the award was not considered granted for accounting purposes because the performance-based units are subjected to the further approval on the performance criteria, the unrecognized stock-based compensation cost for this CEO performance stock unit award was $6.5 million.
2021 CEO Performance Award
In September 2021, the Company granted the CEO, an award of up to 0.8 million performance stock units (the “CEO Performance Award”) under the Company’s 2020 Plan, pursuant to which the CEO may earn one share of the Class A common stock for each performance stock unit that vests based on the achievement of certain Market Capitalization Milestones (as defined in the award agreement for the CEO Performance Award). The performance stock units were divided into four tranches, with each tranche corresponding to a Market Capitalization Milestone ranging from two to five times the Company’s market capitalization baseline. Each tranche vested if and when the Company’s market capitalization equals or exceeds the
corresponding Market Capitalization Milestone at any point during the seven-year performance period following the grant date (the “Performance Period”). For purposes of determining achievement of the Market Capitalization Milestones, the Company’s market capitalization was calculated based on the trailing 60-trading day volume weighted average price per share (“VWAP”) of the Company’s Class A common stock and the average number of outstanding shares during such period. The Company’s market capitalization baseline was calculated using the trailing 30-trading day VWAP of the Company’s Class A common stock on the grant date and the average number of outstanding shares during such period.
The $70.8 million grant date fair value of the CEO Performance Award was estimated using a model based on multiple stock price paths developed through the use of a Monte Carlo simulation that incorporates into the valuation the possibility that the market condition targets may not be satisfied.
On March 14, 2022 (“cancellation date”), the Board of Directors and the CEO, entered into an agreement to cancel this CEO Performance Award. The Company determined that the cancellation of the CEO Performance Award was a settlement for no consideration and not accompanied by a concurrent grant (or offer to grant) of a replacement award. As a result, the Company recorded the remaining unrecognized compensation costs related to the CEO Performance Award of $65.1 million during three months ended March 31, 2022.
Founders’ Option Agreements
In December 2020, the Company entered into option agreements with each of the CEO and Chief Strategy Officer (“CSO”) (the “Option Agreements”) awarding options to purchase (i) 498,000 shares of Class B common stock to the CEO and (ii) 102,000 shares of Class A common stock to the CSO with an exercise price of $353.60. The options will vest in three equal increments as follows (i) one-third (1/3) of the options shall vest and become exercisable as of the date, following the grant date, that the volume weighted average price on the NYSE over a ten (10) trading day period of underlying Class A common stock (“VWAP”) equals or exceeds 3.0x the VWAP of the shares as of the Closing Date (as defined in the Options Agreements), (ii) one-third (1/3) of the options shall vest and become exercisable as of the date, following the grant date, that the VWAP of the shares equals or exceeds 4.0x the VWAP of the shares as of the Closing Date; and (iii) one-third (1/3) of the options shall vest and become exercisable as of the date, following the grant date, that the VWAP of the shares equals or exceeds 5.0x the VWAP of the shares as of the Closing Date.

The $93.4 million grant date fair value of the Founders’ Options was estimated using a model based on multiple stock price paths developed through the use of a Monte Carlo simulation that incorporates into the valuation the possibility that the market condition targets may not be satisfied. The significant inputs to the valuation included the Class A stock price and the risk-free interest rate as of the grant date, as well as the estimated volatility of the Class A common stock. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized $4.8 million and $9.6 million, respectively, in compensation expense related to these grants. As of June 30, 2023, the unrecognized stock-based compensation cost related to the Option Agreements was $44.1 million.